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America says, among other things, "you may not import products form countries without suitable labour standards" and works to solve that problem.



That isn’t part of the relationship between an owner of capital and labor. And good luck getting votes by pushing a policy that will cause prices to rise causing people to be able to purchase less (even if it is in most voters’ long term interests). Voters will focus on the fact that they need to reduce consumption in the immediate future.




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